Yams — Area harvested in Sudan
Sudan: Yams — Area harvested was 83,215 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Yams — Area harvested in Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Sudan recorded 83,215 ha for yams — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, yams — area harvested in Sudan peaked at 84,340 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 76,000 ha, in 2012.
That places Sudan 5th out of 61 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Yams — Area harvested in Sudan, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 76,000 ha | — |
| 2013 | 76,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 80,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 2015 | 81,762 ha | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 79,254 ha | -3.1% |
| 2017 | 80,604 ha | +1.7% |
| 2018 | 80,972 ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 81,352 ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 81,709 ha | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 84,340 ha | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 82,467 ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 82,839 ha | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 83,215 ha | +0.5% |
Sudan compared with similar countries
- Sudan's 83,215 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 6,534 ha, 12.7× the median. (10 countries reporting)
- Sudan's 83,215 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 7,822 ha, 10.6× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 79,493 ha | 76,000 ha | 81,762 ha | 8 |
| 2020s | 82,914 ha | 81,709 ha | 84,340 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sudan
- 2 Ghana 536,529 ha compare
- 3 Benin 209,313 ha compare
- 4 Togo 109,444 ha compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 1.50 million ha compare
- 5 Melanesia 31,364 ha compare
- 6 Cameroon 80,505 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 27,602 ha compare
- 7 Ethiopia PDR 64,000 ha
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5,266 ha compare
- 8 Sudan (former) 58,933 ha
- 8 United Republic of Tanzania 1,513 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sudan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 60.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2936 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 341.88 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6507 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 7.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is yams — area harvested in Sudan?
- Yams — area harvested in Sudan was 83,215 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest yams — area harvested recorded in Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 84,340 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest yams — area harvested recorded in Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 76,000 ha in 2012.
- How does Sudan rank for yams — area harvested?
- Sudan ranks 5th out of 61 countries with data for 2024.
- Is yams — area harvested rising or falling in Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Sudan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Yams — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.